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BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 5 – Euclid Quartet – Artek
There’s always room for one more excellent interpretation of Bartók’s great music for string quartet.
BACH: Violin Concertos in a, BWV1041; E, BVW 1042; G, BWV 1056b; Double Violin Concerto in d, BWV 1041 – Elmar Oliveira, violin/ Eva Gruesser, violin/ Arco Ensemble – Artek
Oliveira seems to have lost nothing, but is the overall conception behind these pieces really up to snuff?